Trouser cuff measuring and marking appliance



T. MAGNET March 6, 1945.

I TROUSER MEASURING AND MARKING APPLIANCE Filed Oct. 25, 1943 Patented Mar. 6, 1945 TROUSER CUFF APP MEASURING AND MARKING IIANGE Tillie Magnet, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Application October 25, 1943, Serial No, 507,567

2 Claims.

The present invention comprises a novel form of measuring and marking appliance designed'for facilitating the measuring of the cuffs of trousers and the folding of the cuff portion to provide the proper trouser length in the finished garment. i

The appliance or gauge of this invention has been designed primarily with a view to simplicity and cheapness of manufacture, for use by tailors, factory garment Workers,and may be used in the home by unskilled persons, especially where trousers are shortened and the cuffs of the trouser legs are required to be re-set after the original cuffs have been Worn or frayed.

An especial object of the invention has been to so make the gauge or measuring-appliance as to enable the ready application of. the proper marks to the trouser leg end portions whereby there will be avoided any, liability of incorrect application of the marking lines by which the folding of the cuff portions of the trousers is to be determined.

I am aware that it has been proposed heretofore to employ marking devicesfor the purposes cf my invention, but the prior devices have been constructed with slotted portions for facilitating the marking work, tending to cause confusion in reference to the proper point of application of the mark. Therefore, in the designing of my gauge appliance, I have formed the same in such a way that the person using the'appliance cannot become confused'as to the proper location of the marks to be made in the employment of the gauge, notwithstanding which the simplicity of the gauge construction is retained.

For a full understanding of my invention and the merits thereof reference is to be hed to the following detail description and to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View showing a pair of trousers with the leg portion thereof as arranged preliminary to the use of my gauge means, the latter being disposed in operative position upon one of the pants legs ready to be used for the application of the proper length and folding marks.

Figure 2 is a view of the marked leg portion of the garment ready for the cutting, folding, stitching and pressing operations to complete the cuff portion.

Figure 3 is a View similar .to Figure 2, showin the first folding operation.

Figure 4 is a. similar view to Figures 2 and 3, illustrating the completed folded, pressed, and stitched cuff as will be made by the use of my gauge.

' Figure 5 is a sectional view of ordlnaryculf formation of a trouser leg as. madeby' the use of my. invention.

I Figure 6 is a perspective view ofthe gauge.

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Referring first to the specific construction of my gauge appliance, it is notable'that thesame is preferably made of a material of suitablethickness such as cardboard,.Celluloid,' plastic mate rial, or metal. Cardboardof a thickness of. gjf has been found very suitable for the purposes of the invention, and is advantageous because of its cheapnes's and the ease of the manufacture of the appliance using such-material. v t

The gauge and. measuring device of this in: vention is comprised-0f two main parts. integrally connected, namely, the rectangular upper member I and the approximately triangular lower member 2. The lower member 2 is united with the upper member I at the middle lower edge of the latter by a neck portion 3,.that constitutes the connecting integral webby which the unit formation of thearticle is, secured. The upper member 1 may be provided with a small aperture .4 enabling the appliance to be hung on a nail of suitable support ready to be used at any time.

.With an appliance made as abovedescribed there are provided three markingedges which are designated in thedrawin'g as A, B, and 'C. The marking edges A and C are continuous line edges so that the trouser leg at its c'uff end portion may be marked with continuous marking 3 lines, whereas the marking edge'portion B'of the appliance is a divided line edge due to'the provision of the neck portion 3 connecting the membersl-and2. It is notable. that what may .be called the ver;- tical widths of the members I and 2 are such that the member 2 has the greater width for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

Adjacent to the upper marking edge A the appliance may be provided with instruction indicla reading as follows: Mark correct length, of pants-Turn up on this line for leg length designed to correspond with the width of the cuff ultimately made by use of the invention. Adjacent. to the lower marking edge C may be provided the instruction legend: Mark and cut on this line and bring up-sew hem edge.

proportions of the folded parts of the material I which ultimately make up the cuff in the final completion thereof;

With the measuring and marking appliance made according to the foregoing described construction, the'manner of its use will generally be evident to those skilled in the art, and is described as follows:

As seen in Figure 1, the appliance is disposed upon the end portion of the trouser leg in.a position definitely determined by the measurement.

of the member I designates the proper final trouser length, The operator will then mark the trouser along the line or edge A, along the divided line portion B, and along the bottom edge or line portion C, giving the results shown in Figure 2 where the marks are illustrated. The line C is the cutting edge, and the leg portion of the.

trousers will be out along such edge, leaving the marking line atA', the divided marking line B, and the cutting edge line'C' clearly visible for proper use by the operator. The cufi is now ready to be folded preliminarily as illustrated in Figure 3, permitting the edge portion at C' to be stitched along the dotted line C" and somewhat above the line A when the material'is folded upwardlyand inwardly. The next opera tion is that customarily used in forming the cuff and involves bringing up the material between the marking lines B" and A as shown in. Fig-j ure 4, and thereupon pressing the cuff to final form after which the tacking stitches are applied,

as usual, the line A establishing thelength of as completed with indications corresponding to those previously described.

It is notable that because of the provision ofthe narrow neck portion 3 of the appliance, the

same may be readily grasped between the thumb and forefinger by the operator and easily and mine the ultimate length of the finished garment.

, It will thus be seen from theforegoing that I have provided a marking and measuring appliance suitable for the making of cufis of a predetermined dimension for trousers, one which is so simply constructed as not to create any liability of difliculty on the part of the user in applying the proper marking lines, and one which may be manipulated with ease and little or no difficulty in its actualuse. Also, the construction is cheap and since the marking edges of the appliance are all parallel and are not involved in lot formations which provide edges that would not be used, the operator will not become confused as to which marked edge is to be employed in the. practical utilization of the article of theinvention.

.me'mberhaving upper and lowerparallel marking edges, a lower member having. at its lower edge a marking edge parallel with those of the upper member and spaced from the upper member a distance which defines the length of the turn-up hem for the trouser leg in excess of the cuif, and its lateral edges converging inwardly to points adjacent-the vertical center line of the appliance to form a narrow neck handle portion integrally connecting said upper and lower members approximately at the'middle portionsv thereof and'a relativelylong marking edge at the lower edge of the upper member aforesaid.

'2. As a new article of manufacture, 'a trouser cuff measuring and marking appliance comprising an upper transverselyelongated section, the-distance between the paralleledges of said section constituting the length dimension of the turn-up trouser cuff, said edges also constituting marking edges for marking the true length fold line of the trouser leg and the upper fold line of the cuff respectively, and a triangular section joined to the upper section, the diagonal edges of the triangular section converging to. points proximate the vertical center line of the appliance to thereby provide a narrow connecting neck and a relatively long marking edge at the lower edge of the elongated section which permits the marking of the upper fold line of the cuff for the major portion of the width of the trouser leg, the base marking edge of the triangular section being spaced from the upper section a distance which predetermines the length of the turn-up hem for the trouser leg in excess of the cufi. I

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